Jeremy Thorpe
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
The tyranny of memes
Modern would-be assassins are products of the internet
Lost railway art
Art should matter in all its guises, above and below ground
Bypassing the parasites
Too often, lawyers add little to business transactions except delays and questionable costs
Restore the King James Bible
Those who are opposed, please consider, in the bowels of Christ, whether you may be mistaken
Marriage and muscular liberalism
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
Calypso and carnage
A seismic Test series and a harbinger of a new force in Test cricket
The simple joy of giallo
Giallo films made for glorious Italian escapism
Plant sentience
Pollination, long treated as a largely mechanical transaction, begins to look more like a dialogue
Hey, Starmer, leave those kids alone
Banning under-16s from social media is more prohibitionist stupidity